Ash tray



MSOENS March 18, 1941.

ASH TRAY Filed Feb. 2, 1940 'LIZHH InvEn-tUT' MrchElEI Emens fittcnr'negs Patented Mar. 18, 1941 2,235,568

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ASH my Michael Soens, Racine, Wis. Application February 2, 1940, Serial No. 316,969 2 Claims- (Cl. 131-235) This invention appertainstoash trays, smoking sponding parts through the several views, the

stands, and the like. letter T generally indicates my novel ash tray,

one of the primary objects of my invention is and the same includes a receptacle 8, which can to provide a novel device for receiving cigar and be formed from any desired material, such as 5 cigaret ashes, and cigar and cigaret butts withsheet metal. When the receptacle isformed from out danger of burning objects around the tray sheet metal, the same can be easily stamped or or stand, and without the usual offensive odor spun into shape, and the same may take many accompanying burning cigar and clgaret ends. different forms which will be pleasing to the Another salient object of my invention is the esthetic taste.

provision of an ash tray or stand embodying a In the present instance, the receptacle 5 is of 10 receptacle having a removable closure formed of a round or cylindrical form, and the upper end reticulated or perforated material covering the thereof is closed by a removable cover 8. entire top of the receptacle, whereby ashes can The removable cover 6 includes an annular be readily brushed off burning cigars or cigarets band I, which is adapted to be snapped or sprung 1 into he receptacle y i 1 8 h lighted cigar over the top of the receptacle, and the band car- 15 eigflfel; Over the r u ated 0r perforated maries a sheet of material 0 formed from woven terial of the closure, said material forming a conwire, or perforated material. Obviously, burning venient rest for the cigar or cigaret when the cigars or cigarets can be readily laid on top of same is temporarily'laid down. the sheet of material 8, and any ashes falling A further important object of my invention is therefrom will drop into the receptacle. 20 the provision of a central chamber associated Likewise, the cigars or cigarets can be brushed with the receptacle and locked within the ash across the reticulated material for facilitating the compartment, having a reduced neck extending knocking of ashes ofl of th same t t through the cover for reception of a removable t 1 stopper, the chamber constituting means for reo of the important features of my invention 25 ceiving cigar and cigaret butts whereby to pre- 1s t women of a closed t nt assovent the escape of offensive odors from the tray, dated t t t y, for recelvmg 01381; and cigand to insure the quick extinguishing i aret butts. To form this compartment, I probutts in the chamber by the lack of withm vide a frusto-conicalmember 9, having areduced the chamberneck [0 formed on its upper end. This neck I0 30 A sun mrther object of'my mvenum is the is adapted to rotrude throu h a center 0 pin provision of a removable chamber in the nature formedm thepreucmated maiemu A g of a cone for receiving cigar and cigaret butts, able stopper H is associated with the neck for the cone being freely removable from the receptacle, whereby to permit the convenient dumping gf ig agg fgg gga g 23 g; ,23 25 35 of g f f fi fg ggfi t z g g' ggi is to wardly to form a flange for resting against the provide an ash tray or stand of the above chariffi e z if' it is d u d to acter which will be durable and efllcient in use. t m e my "3'- W e 4 one that will be simple and easy to manufacture, cigar or me but t e stepper d n ma Wm rese t a 1m an tram is removed, and the butt is dropped into the ag g g g n p g d chamber defined by the member 9, and the stop- With these and other objects in view, the in- P is revlaced- This will Prevent e esc pe of vention consists in the novel construction, arthe butt, and the butt will be quickly rangement and formation of parts, as 1 be extinguished due to the lack of air in the com- 45 hereinafter more specifically described, claimed nertmentand illustrated in th accompanying drawing. in When it is desired to clean the tray, it is merewhich: 13* necessary to remove the cover 6 and the mem- Figure l is a side elevational view of my novel 9, after which the r p l 5 an be inash tray, parts of the view being shown broken verted, and the contents thereof dumped into a 50 away and in section. disposal can.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the ash tray, with If preferred, the tray can be provided with parts thereof broken away and in section. a carrying handle IS. The handle I! is of the Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein pivoted bail type, so that the samecan be swung similar reference characters designate corredown out of the way when the handle is not in 55 1 Anashtraycompx'lsing;arecemcle,acompartment 1n the receptacle for the cigar and clxaret butts, the tray vl ll I, an t.

compartment around the butt 

